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We need a government which, yes, guarantees basic standards in public services, but which also steps in to protect people's wellbeing as they take part in our consumer democracy - particularly online.

I was more concentrating on making sure that I got my steps down, that my routes were looking all right. I wasn't worried about getting a ball. I just wanted to get back in the swing of things and get all the anxiety out.

Today's meeting was one of the first steps to our return.

Tightening security along our vast northern border is one of the most important steps we have taken to defend our homeland since September 11.

Time and time again, Milosevic has taken half steps to avoid the consequences of his actions, ... NATO will be overhead and next door.

Today the ATF took decisive steps to bring down an armed and dangerous militia group that was charged with conspiring to cause civil unrest.

We were going forward and took two steps back. We've got to regroup. We're going to watch the tape of the Madison game tomorrow and go back to the drawing board.

Yeah, it tears our confidence down a little bit and it makes us scratch our heads, and sometimes we don't always go in the right direction. But we never stop searching for what we've got to do to turn it back around. Sometimes, you've got to take big steps to turn it around and, sometimes, it's just right there and you're just missing one little ingredient.

The president will decide within the next few days on what to do with the reserve. The decision is based on whether the American consumer will be harmed and he will not hesitate to take steps that are needed,

The president has made it very clear that he will not sign any budget measure that doesn't put Social Security and Medicare first, that doesn't take those steps forward (and) certainly any measures that would put at risk the progress we've made in paying down the debt,

The president has said it was wrong. The Department of Education already has taken steps to address it.

Unfortunately, the warming is in an accelerating trend -- the climate has not yet caught up with what we've already put into the atmosphere. There are steps we should take, but it seems that shaking people out of complacency will take a strong incentive.

Tyler always comes through when we need one. He really steps it up when the competition gets tough.

We'll find a guy. We'll wait and see who steps up.

We are in the process of talking with our clients and our board of directors about the next step or steps to be taken.

We agree with the consensus out there about the interest rate environment, and we are taking steps to react to that by working harder on the deposit side,

Those are some of the steps taken to make sure the Visa Waiver Program ( search ) is a safe and effective way to letting people get into the United States, because obviously we don't want to choke off travel here altogether.

We are discussing next steps to strengthen the alliance... maybe even in power.

We didn't agree that all the complaints were legally indecent, but some clearly crossed the line and for those we have taken full responsibility. No broadcaster has taken stronger steps to ensure its broadcasts comply with the law and we intend to keep it that way.

To have 27 pages ripped out that were under a congressional subpoena, and then not taking vigorous steps to find out what happened, is outrageous,

The approach we take to identity theft is to put the burden on consumers to take steps to prevent it.

We have all seen the devastation caused by the last two hurricane seasons. We have become aware of the predictions of future storm activity both in frequency and severity. It became clear that we had to take appropriate, measured steps to manage our high concentration of market share in the impacted counties.

We have all the right pieces to make the puzzle. I'm not saying it's World Series or bust. The first step is for us to become a playoff-caliber team. We have to take small steps before we can make a giant leap.

We're taking these actions to better control retirement plan expenses, position the company for business growth and competitive strength, and preserve employees' earned retirement benefits. We also believe these are prudent and balanced steps at a time of uncertainty and conflicting legislative and regulatory directions about defined-benefit retirement plans in the United States.

We're taking these steps because of the continuing slowdown in the U.S. economy and initial signs of a slowdown expanding to other parts of the world,

With the development along that area, this projected was deemed to be a priority. Absent to that, Route 18 is becoming much more heavily traveled . This project will take steps to mitigate traffic along that corridor.

Usually, people get into temporary housing within a few weeks, so they can resume some normalcy, but we'll still be seeing people taking those steps this time next year, because so much is gone.

Usually, the trip to the gym is the first thing to go when our schedules get tight. But, as competition for members grows, fitness centers are taking steps like offering child care and a greater variety of fitness classes to make working out more appealing and convenient, no matter when you get around to it.

Utilizing very sophisticated, very sensitive technical equipment, we were able to locate what we believed to be a listening and transmittal device. We left the device in place. We took steps to protect it. We took steps to minimize any loss that would result (from) its continued presence.

We're watching the situation with the avian flu very carefully, taking the steps that need to be taken now to help prepare and, most importantly, detect the transfer of that virus into people, ... But it is a very worrisome situation.

We're working to provide meals, to get medical attention for those who need it, help these people take the first steps they need to take.

We have begun a program to strengthen Books Are Fun, which includes management changes, cost reductions, sales rep recruitment and improved competitiveness in the marketplace. We believe that America's leading display marketing company will regain its vitality, and that the moves we are making are the right ones to put it back on that path, although these steps will take time to flow through to improved operating results.

We have worked closely with Mexican authorities to take the appropriate steps to ensure the safety and the security of U.S. citizens in Mexico,

We have worked to negotiate with them, and we're in the process of determining what our next steps might be, and that includes exploring what possible legal actions might be available for us.

We need to keep taking small steps to improve. Our kids are young and fragile and we need to keep their spirits up and keep them moving in the right direction.

We have already taken all steps necessary. Once it has touched European soil, then we have raised all the measures we should take,

I have done what I could do in life, and if I could not do better, I did not deserve it. In vain I have tried to step beyond what bound me.

The advent of AIDS circa 1980 has really forced medicine and biology to take enormous steps just for sheer survival. The same way war propels hard technology, AIDS has created wartime conditions in the field of biology that will have all sorts of spin-offs.

The abruptness and severity of the current technology slowdown has clearly impacted 3Com. 3Com is taking immediate steps to reduce costs and achieve profitability.

will require sacrifices by both sides and parallel steps from both sides.

Windows Vista is on the final approach. Microsoft needed to take some early steps to start thinking about the next version.

Most issuers have already taken steps to ensure compliance. It's like when your boss strongly suggests that you come to work on time. It always behooves the industry to pay attention to the federal regulators.

Most of our schools and other divisions have taken concrete steps to determine how they can support university students whose families have felt the brunt of Hurricane Katrina, ... Several are accommodating students from Gulf Coast colleges whose plans have been entirely disrupted this fall.

You can hear from the tape people yelling for help, he's been shot. What Mr. Shockley does is walk past the counter, in an area that everyone and his mother knows is not open to the public. He steps in there, sees the young man bleeding from his head, offers no aid, and starts going through the cigarette counter.

You don't break frontiers going into space by all of a sudden a big door opens and you walk through. You've got to take steps. Scott took the steps required for us to be able to fly into space.

We intend to keep production in line with demand, and are taking aggressive steps to respond to weakened market conditions, ... We expected a seasonal slowdown in the quarter, but rising fuel costs and concerns about the economic outlook are impacting our business across the board.

We have people moving to Park City just because of our school district. The community always steps up when something is needed and has to be voted on.

My biggest wish is to meet with ordinary and common people, to visit their families, that face current difficulties, to talk with fathers and mothers in the families, with veterans who experienced grief and happiness, to meet with youth who are making their first steps in life.

My colleagues, hardworking Americans are looking to Congress to take immediate action and meaningful steps to combat price gouging.

We got to step up and play a little bit better offensively than we did this last part of the season. The outcome is going to come down to the team that steps up and wants it the most.

unless we take all steps necessary for nuclear disarmament.

Unless we take significant steps to address that, it's going to continue to be the problem. States have attempted to address this, but are somewhat constrained in what they're allowed to do. It raises the question of why Congress is not taking steps to amend this. As long as Congress doesn't act, I think you're going to see states be as creative as they can in doing something themselves.

We need to take a lesson, not simply from the Americans, but from Europeans and others including the British who have taken some pretty important steps - constitutionally sound steps, but important steps - in dealing with organized crime.

We need to take steps like expanding the network for assessment to reach out to smaller cities and fixing a benchmark for assessment of skilled workers for the IT sector so that India's IT sector can keep growing in leaps and bounds.

We need to take steps to restore credibility to the administration and accountability to the university, and we have to do it tangibly.

Spontaneous actions of individuals, aiming at nothing else than at the improvement of their own state of satisfaction, undermined the prestige of the coercive status system step by step.

We aren't going to comment on steps that might have been taken to secure parts. We've heard some speculation about a build up of parts, but we aren't commenting on that either.

We have not concluded this round of base realignment and closure, because there are two more steps to be taken - one by the president and one by the Congress,

The Welfare State is merely a method for transforming the market economy step by step into socialism.

Interventionism cannot be considered as an economic system destined to stay. It is a method for the transformation of capitalism into socialism by a series of successive steps.

You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe; and the steps that NATO will take to expand to the East, that's a commitment.

We have laid out steps that we think manufacturers of these types of candies can take to comply with the guidance. We think that they're going to be well received.

We have a strong economy, but it's not bullet proof, so you've got to be very careful about the steps you take to try to change the way things are going. There is certainly room for the market to go up.

We have a vibrant economic climate to begin with, but in particular we're strong in the retail market, so even if in the worst case we lost some good corporate citizens, we think there would be somebody that steps in immediately to fill whatever void might be created there.

Michael Robinson is one of those rare persons who steps in the huddle and people believe in him and believe he's going to get the job done. Anyone who's sacrificed as much as he has, playing different positions, and all the hard work that he's done, I think our players respect him very much. ... I know he has the confidence of this offensive football team and probably the defensive football team also, that when he steps on the football field he is our true leader.

Microsoft is taking steps to include its Hailstorm services into all of its products. Hotmail can be expected to be a key beneficiary of that integration.

Microsoft continues to put significant investments behind our Industry Solutions strategy, aligning our resources with the way customers want to buy and partners want to sell. Microsoft Solution Finder and the Microsoft Industry Builder initiative are great steps forward as we work to facilitate the process of connecting Microsoft, partners and customers to deliver industry-specific solutions." ()

Microsoft faces many significant competitors and changes in the high-tech industry are always going to be five steps ahead of government attempts to regulate the high-tech marketplace.

We can revel in this for a minute, because it's been a long, hard fight. But we need to start taking steps now to continue to work to BRAC-proof Ellsworth. In 10 years, they might come back and take another bite of the apple.

When it comes to major projects like this, we have to work through the county. The county actually has to borrow the money. We've determined the need. We've done our homework and the market analysis. The next step would be once we determine the best financing alternative, then we'll take the necessary steps to acquire the financing.

When it comes to making laws that protect the public from the financial services industry, Congress has done a progressively worse job since the Pecora Commission hearings of the early 1930s, which led to Congress taking bold steps to regulate banking and securities firms in 1933 and 1934.

Whether it's learning to hit a backhand in tennis, learning high school chemistry, or getting better at ski racing, I really believe with hard work and analytic preparation, you can skip a few steps and find the faster way.

Those guys have made us focus every day. It's not as if I have to motivate them or remind them. They understand what we're trying to do. If anybody steps out of line or doesn't work as hard as we think they ought to be, the seniors set them straight.

We're a great team, not just one or two players. ... If one goes down, another steps up. We bounce right back. Nothing keeps us down.

You also have to think outside the box. There's no manual for a technical rescue like this. If you wait and become reactive, you lose. Plain and simple. It's mandatory you think several steps ahead for a technical rescue.

You always hope that your known goal scorers play well in the big games. Hopefully she steps forward and contributes as well as many of her teammates.

We realized, coming out of this season, the bar can be set higher for us. I'd say we are at least three to four steps away from that championship level.

We realize our offense got a lot of guys back, and we've done a lot of things to improve our defense, ... We were 8-8 last year. We need to step up from there. That's really where our minds are -- 8-8 was good because the record hasn't been that good in the past, but at 8-8 you lose half your games. That's nothing to write home about, nothing to be proud of. We're definitely expecting to take drastic steps from last year into this year.

While we're proud of the steps we've made, we still have a long way to go.

We're currently evaluating the status of each individual state as part of our enforcement responsibilities, and we'll determine what steps should be taken after the evaluation.

We're dealing from the U.N. process, which generally NATO supports. We're dealing from any further steps towards any potential military conflict,

We're dealing with national security. And we have to find out what happened and let the chips fall where they may. We have to take very, very aggressive action to solve the problems at the Department of Energy. And the initial steps which have been taken are in the right direction. But I do not believe that they have found all the holes yet to actually plug all of those holes.

We'll collect feedback from that to see what our next steps should be.

We have taken active steps in imposing the rule of law and public order and ban armed demonstrations,

We have taken aggressive steps to reduce expenses. Now, our top priority for 2006 is revenue growth. The recent decision to affiliate 16 of our TV stations with The CW Network is a great step forward for our broadcasting group. We also look to continue expanding our interactive operations.

We have taken a lot of steps not only to arrest the decline in military spending, but in fact to reverse it.

We have taken a number of steps to put a more robust export compliance system in place. And what we're committing to do in this agreement is to continue working with them to make sure we are in compliance.

We have taken precautionary steps to minimize any potential impact from this theft.

We have taken significant steps to expand our product development and manufacturing capabilities in Asia, which will position us to maintain a competitive cost base while continuing to provide a broad portfolio of quality products to our customers.

We have taken some huge steps since last season. Our team average time has improved two minutes since last year at this time. We have been focusing more on miles rather than speed so far this season. I am anxious to see what happens when we add speed to our workouts. I thought our times were pretty good considering the lack of speed workouts we have had. We still have some work to do but I like what I see so far. This is a very experienced team and they know what it takes.

We have taken steps to improve our growth prospects by making management changes and upgrades at a number of key operating units,

We have taken swift steps to secure the information and to remove the data from the Vermont Tech server and from other sources.

We hope that this would be one of the first steps towards improving relations and more doors would soon open so the two countries can come closer.

We hope this signals a breakthrough, and we look forward to discussing with the union the steps that will enable the ports to re-open.

We have to take baby steps before we can take giant leaps.

We have to take steps to prevent lawsuits from bankrupting the national firearms industry and denying all Americans their fundamental right to bear arms,

When you're thinking about building your own online dating profile, especially on OkCupid, you should go through the same steps you're thinking about when you're going out to meet someone new. You want to put your best foot forward.

we must take certain steps that will make the Palestinian life easier.

We must take these steps so that our company can reach its long-term growth potential,

We are troubled by the continuing decrease of the value of our investments in the company and are pleased that management and the board of directors are considering steps to stem the loss of shareholder value, ... However, as long-term investors, we want to be assured that the options are being considered to promote growth and stability in the long-term, and not simply to produce a short-term boost in the stock price.